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27 February 2018: Pixar Studios animator Bud Luckey, designer of Toy Story’s Woody, dies aged 83
24 February 2018: Bus crash in Ocoña District of Peru costs over 40 lives
21 February 2018: Iran: Wreckage found of plane crashed in mountains; all believed dead
20 February 2018: Oxfam produces action plan after revelation of prostitution scandal on Haiti
18 February 2018: Fourth U.S. state governor orders net neutrality in government contracts
16 February 2018: United States: Berkeley, California declares itself a sanctuary city for recreational cannabis
15 February 2018: United States: Jet loses engine cover over Pacific en route to Honolulu from San Francisco
15 February 2018: Russia: ex-governor of Sakhalin region Alexander Khoroshavin sentenced to thirteen years for bribery
12 February 2018: Former Irish footballer Liam Miller dies at 36
11 February 2018: Competition Commission of India fines Google ?1.36 billion for ‘search bias’

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Oxfam produces action plan after revelation of prostitution scandal on Haiti Fourth U.S. state governor orders net neutrality in government contracts United States: Berkeley, California declares itself a sanctuary city for recreational cannabis	Pixar Studios animator Bud Luckey, designer of Toy Story’s Woody, dies aged 83 Irish rock band The Cranberries’ lead singer Dolores O’Riordan dies at 46 Apple, Inc. confirms acquisition of Shazam	Bus crash in Ocoña District of Peru costs over 40 lives Iran: Wreckage found of plane crashed in mountains; all believed dead United States: Jet loses engine cover over Pacific en route to Honolulu from San Francisco	Saudi Arabia: Princes arrested after protesting austerity Apple, Inc. confirms acquisition of Shazam CMHC: housing market in Canada ‘highly vulnerable’

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United States: Two dead in Kentucky high school shooting Arrangement of light receptors in the eye may cause dyslexia, scientists say Detroit teachers stage sickout to protest working conditions as Obama visits	British surfers catch more than waves: Scientists find antibiotic-resistant bacteria U.S. government report says climate change is human-made Researchers find preserving spotted owl habitat may not require a tradeoff with wildfire risk after all	Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai British surfers catch more than waves: Scientists find antibiotic-resistant bacteria England: Baby born with heart outside body operated on; surviving, three weeks after birth	Pixar Studios animator Bud Luckey, designer of Toy Story’s Woody, dies aged 83 Former Irish footballer Liam Miller dies at 36 Poet, lyricist, and digital activist John Perry Barlow dies, aged 70

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United States: Berkeley, California declares itself a sanctuary city for recreational cannabis Russia: ex-governor of Sakhalin region Alexander Khoroshavin sentenced to thirteen years for bribery Dhaka court sentences former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to five years on corruption charges	Fourth U.S. state governor orders net neutrality in government contracts SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket blasts Elon Musk’s personal Tesla into solar orbit Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai	Former Irish footballer Liam Miller dies at 36 Dutch Football Association appoints Ronald Koeman manager of men’s national team North Korea to send head of state to South Korea for Olympics	Airborne sedan smashes into dental office in Santa Ana, California, US Wikinews interviews producer of horror film ‘6:66PM’ India Supreme Court overrules High Court: rivers Yamuna, Ganga no longer living entities

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Zimbabwean politician Bennett and four others die in New Mexico helicopter crash Liberia: Former football striker George Weah wins presidential election Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe resigns presidency after military coup, threat of impeachment	US State Department announces plan to move its Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May Nepalese Communist parties to merge Chinese Foreign Ministry confirms arrest of bookseller Gui Minhai	Australia bars North Korea’s U-19 football team from entering country citing ‘illegal nuclear programmes’ New South Wales police extradict ‘self-healer’ Hongchi Xiao from London over death of six-year-old boy at conference Australia: Victorian government to trial driverless vehicles on public roads	Fifteen states sue United States President Donald Trump for cancelling program for undocumented immigrant minors Gunmen murder Honduran indigenous leader Berta Cáceres Guatemalan Supreme Court approves impeachment of President Molina

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Oxfam produces action plan after revelation of prostitution scandal on Haiti Russia: ex-governor of Sakhalin region Alexander Khoroshavin sentenced to thirteen years for bribery Former Irish footballer Liam Miller dies at 36	Iran: Wreckage found of plane crashed in mountains; all believed dead ‘Save the Children’ organisation suspends all activities in Afghanistan after ISIL attack US Vice President Pence speaks to Israeli Knesset: US embassy to move to Jerusalem	Fourth U.S. state governor orders net neutrality in government contracts United States: Berkeley, California declares itself a sanctuary city for recreational cannabis United States: Jet loses engine cover over Pacific en route to Honolulu from San Francisco	Margot Duhalde, Chile’s first female military pilot, dies aged 97 Chile: Pope Francis stirs outrage with ‘slander’ comment Italian court sentences Brazilian footballer Robinho to nine years for 2013 sexual assault

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